> In general, the PlayBook OS feels like it’s on the ice level of a Mega Man game — everything seems to be sliding away beyond your control. It’s a sloppy feeling, and that’s compounded by the fact that the OS doesn’t seem to be fully optimized for touch input yet; I found myself tapping and re-tapping on UI elements and web navigation with no result. In web apps like Gmail (which RIM provides a direct link to on the homescreen), I couldn’t get to certain message…

> RIM is entering the tablet market as an underdog and will have to work hard to gain credibility and be viewed as a serious contender. Honeycomb’s incompleteness and Android’s early stumble out of the tablet starting gate have created a window of opportunity for another player to stake a position. via [arstechnica.com](http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/03/android-apps-on-playbook-tablet-could-be-a-mixed-bag-for-platform.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss)I love how quickly the story has changed from “Android will soon overtake Apple in tablets just…

> Gold suggested that RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook tablet could be a good fit for companies concerned about Apple’s level of support. via [macworld.com](http://www.macworld.com/article/158661/2011/03/ipad2_it.html#lsrc.rss_main)Yeah. A non-existant, non-shipping product that you have no idea whether or not you’ll be able to support, because you’ve never actually seen one, is a GREAT alternative to the iPad for IT departments everywhere. Good to see parts of the IT world are still scared out of its…

> **RIM plans to add support for running existing Android 2.x apps on its upcoming PlayBook tablet to narrow its “app gap,” but also fears retribution from Oracle were it to use Android’s Dalvik Virtual Machine to do so.** via [appleinsider.com](http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/10/rim_playbook_to_run_android_apps_but_fears_oracle_lawsuit.html)Letting Android apps run on PlayBook won’t help RIM close the “app gap.” It will only give developers even LESS of a reason to write native RIM…

> No, no. That’s only a dumb scheme if you think of the PlayBook as a consumer device, like the iPad. If they’re trying to sell them to IT managers instead of consumers, it’s an interesting play. To those folks, this invisible umbilical means that their lives won’t be complicated by a dumbass user (likely the kind who’s paid enough to own an estate with a living chessboard in which each of the game pieces is a painted giraffe) who loses a tablet somewhere. via [ihnatko.…